The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Sokoto State governor-elect.
The state Returning Officer, Prof. Fatimah Mukhtar announced the final results, saying Mr. Tambuwal scored a total score of 512,002 votes to beat Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got 511,660.
The result showed that the incumbent governor won with the slimmest of margins, securing a second term with just 342 votes.
According to the returning officer, the number of registered voters was 1,887,767, while accredited voters were 1,083,413.
Total votes cast were 1,067,994 while the number of rejected votes was 31,662, she said.
” I, Fatimah Muktar, hereby certify that I was the returning officer for Sokoto state governorship election held on 23rd of March, 2019.
“That the election was contested and the candidates received the following votes, that Aminu Tambuwal having satisfied the constitutional requirements, is hereby declared the winner of the election,” Mukhtar announced.
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